OBITUARIES
Charles "Scooter" Thad McMurry
August 12, 2014
Scooter McMurry Tupelo- Charles T. "Scooter" McMurry, 60, passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. He was born April 21, 1954, to Charles W. and Mary Ann McMurry. A 1973 graduate of Tupelo High School, he retired after many years as a lineman with the Tupelo Water and Light Department. Scooter was an avid horseman and rodeo...
Annie M. McKinney
August 11, 2014
ANNIE M. MCKINNEY Tupelo - Annie M. McKinney, 97, passed away Monday, August 11, 2014, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Sturgis, MS, August 3, 1917 to Lonnie and Elma Hamill Green. In March of 1939, she married Thomas McKinney. She was a member St. Marks United Methodist Church. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 16,...
Rev. Wesley Kingsley
August 9, 2014
REV. WESLEY KINGSLEY Mooreville - Rev. William Wesley Kingsley, 65, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Saturday morning, August 9, 2014, at his home after an extended illness. He was born June 18, 1949, to Marlin and Loraine Payne Kingsley. As a teenager he worked a couple of years for Tindall Auto Parts. He worked a few years...
Ann "Totsie" Keith
August 8, 2014
ANN "TOTSIE" KEITH Nettleton - Gerald Ann Keith, 63, passed away Friday, August 8, 2014, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born September 2, 1950 to Cecil and Ruby Hood Clark. She loved singing gospel music with her sisters. She loved her family especially her children and grandchildren. She is a member of Professors of Jesus' Name...
Jason Page
August 6, 2014
Tupelo - Jason Thomas Page, 40, died Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Oxford. He was born March 6, 1974 to Rebecca McElhenney Page and the late Charles LeRoy Page, Jr. Jason was a hero to those who knew him. With courage and strength, he inspired others while facing adversity as a quadriplegic. He had a fighter's...
Rita D. Winters
August 3, 2014
RITA D. WINTERS Saltillo- Rita Diane Winters, 64, passed away August 3, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born April 11, 1950, to Fred and Mittie Thompson Hutcheson. She spent her working career as a seamstress for the furniture industry. She enjoyed gardening flowers and spending time with her family. Survivors include her...
Marvin Cox
August 3, 2014
MARVIN COX Saltillo- Marvin B. Cox, 78, passed away August 3, 2014, at home with his family by his side. He was born in McNairy Community, Tenn. on December 26, 1935 to Luther L. and Rose Zettie Henry Cox. Marvin married his wife, Mary, in 1957 and soon grew their family. He loved NHRA drag racing, wrestling, watching Dr. Haggia...
Dot Carter
August 2, 2014
DOT CARTER Tupelo - Dorothy Carolyn Harlow Carter, 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Countrywood Plantation. She was born January 15, 1929 to Homer and Ona Harlow. She married Jimmie Carter in 1947 and they made their home in Tupelo where they owned and operated Tupelo Marble Works. She was an active...
Leonard Hinds
July 29, 2014
LEONARD L. HINDS Tupelo - Leonard Lawrence Hinds, 89, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born January 2, 1925, to Earl and Ima McCarthy Hinds. He spent his early childhood in the Ratliff Community. He attended school at Unity. He was called to service for the Army in World War II, along...
Sibyl Kingsley
July 26, 2014
SIBYL KINGSLEY Memphis, TN - Sibyl Ann Kingsley passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014, at The Gardens of Germantown. She was born to Dewitt and Tennie Lee Malone Clark. She graduated from Shannon High School as valedictorian. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Shannon Cemetery with W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors in charge of the...
Diane DeVaughn
July 24, 2014
DIANE DEVAUGHN Mooreville - Hazel Diane DeVaughn, 70, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born March 2, 1944 to James and Hazel Cruise Rayburn. She was a Saltillo High School graduate. She and her late husband owened Dee's Furniture Manufacturing in Tupelo for 20 years. She loved flower gardening and...
Felix Jackson
July 24, 2014
Felix Jackson Tupelo- Felix Jackson, 88, passed away July 25, 2014 at North Mississippi Medical Center in the Hospice Unit. He was born in Tupelo on August 6, 1925 to Crawford Asbury and Almee Shepard Jackson. He was retired from Tupelo Water and Light department. Private family graveside services will be held Sunday, July 27, 2014, at Glenwood Cemetery with...
W. C. Moore
July 23, 2014
W. C. MOORE, SR. Auburn Community - Willis Cleveland "W. C." Moore, Sr., went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 23, 2014. W. C. was born at home in Philadelphia on June 27, 1939. He grew up in Edinburg and attended school at Laurel Hill. W. C. married the former Janet Kay Wheeler in 1957. He...
Johnnie Fay Williams
July 22, 2014
FAY WILLIAMS Saltillo - Johnnie Fay Williams, 79, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born April 27, 1935, to Everett and Gladys Edge Hodges. Fay was a resident of Saltillo for the last 45 years. She loved motor home camping, shopping and her family. Fay was a member of Faith Baptist Church in...
Erskin Cecil "Pete" Simmons
July 21, 2014
PETE SIMMONS Old Union Community - "Pete" Erskin Cecil Simmons, 81, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014, at his home. A Lee County native, he was born July 15, 1933, to Erskin Clinton and Berta Mae Smitherman Simmons. He was a 1952, Shannon High School graduate. He was a member of Old Union Baptist Church. Pete served with the Army...
Jerry Putt
July 21, 2014
JERRY PUTT Mooreville - Jerry Wayne Putt, 62, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at The Community Hospice in Verona, MS after a brief illness. He was born in Tupelo, MS., May 30, 1952, to Jimmy Joe and Ellen Estes Putt. He was a 1972 Mooreville High School graduate. Jerry enjoyed fishing, his dogs, and was an avid sports fan. Services...
Cynthia Kaye Hudson Feltenstein
July 19, 2014
Casey Feltenstein Tupelo - Cynthia Kaye Hudson Feltenstein, 61, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at her home. She was born November 11, 1952 to David and Evelyn Crenshaw Hudson. She grew up in Starkville and graduated from Starkville High School and then went on to Matty Hersee School of Nursing in Meridian. She married in 1989 to Ned Arnold...
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